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I drink my teas (be they western or chinese) all without sugar or milk. About teas - don't ask me about the brew time, I stick the sachet in the pot and then pour hot water over it. Drink everything, rinse and repeat (to the point it tastes like water). I certainly don't time it, and I suspect even if I over brewed Earl Grey, I'd still chug it down like no one's business.
Because yeah I'm really that indiscriminate.
I do note how many brews I can get out of a packet of tea though. So far Oolong lasts the longest(usually enough to last the whole day - 5 brews). Jasmine is only good for at most 3 brews or so.'
And oh, the packet of "jasmine tea" my Dad took back from a hotel in China? It was really coloured water. Peh.
.....Blech! *makes disgusted face*
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No tea for me, unless I have a sore throat, then a minimal amount of tea is acceptable.
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Three teabags per coffeepot is my preferred ratio. But I put the bags in the filter bowl rather than in the pot itself.
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Pff. Newbs
I just pour my boiling water into my mouth and chew it with the tea.
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Luke Cage looks like a fun show.
Gonna have to check it out.
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Hey guys! I'm not rich! So I'd like to get maximum value out of each teabag. Besides, slightly tea flavored water is better then plain water. Seriously I could drink tea the whole day...
But Caffeine in tea makes me hungry and eat more the next meal, so Ive been going for herbal infusions these days.
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I drink my teas (be they western or chinese) all without sugar or milk. About teas - don't ask me about the brew time, I stick the sachet in the pot and then pour hot water over it. Drink everything, rinse and repeat (to the point it tastes like water). I certainly don't time it, and I suspect even if I over brewed Earl Grey, I'd still chug it down like no one's business.
Because yeah I'm really that indiscriminate.
I do note how many brews I can get out of a packet of tea though. So far Oolong lasts the longest(usually enough to last the whole day - 5 brews). Jasmine is only good for at most 3 brews or so.'
And oh, the packet of "jasmine tea" my Dad took back from a hotel in China? It was really coloured water. Peh.
.....Blech! *makes disgusted face*
One tea bag per cup! That multiple use thing is what my mum used to do. I spent my whole childhood thinking I hated tea. Turns out I'm just not keen on drinking hot water. ;P
one bag. One cup.
Please, do not look that up online.
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Luke Cage looks like a fun show.
Gonna have to check it out.
It was pretty fun.
I stopped watching it though...
Yes. Sometimes deliberately (TL isn't here, so I'm going to favorite ALL THE THINGS. Until I get distracted.)
Sometimes just because I'm using it as a "hey now, that amused me" button.
And sometimes because I worry that my posts are too "mememememe pay attention to MEEEEEE" and so I start favoriting other people's posts at random to prove that I'm not entirely self-absorbed.
Seems legitimate. I'll allow it!
(Not that I wouldn't.) :D
Heretic! Repent from your sins! Drink the heavenly tea instead of ghastly coffee!
For me it's more like I wouldn't be able to taste the difference between English Breakfast Tea, Irish breakfast tea and Scottish breakfast Tea.
Pfffff…
Ahahahahahhahahahahaha!
hahaha…
ha...
*Wipes eyes*
*Sips coffee*
Wanna know what tea is? Its hippie-fuel.
But... I drink tea? Am... am I a hippie?
I'm definitely on the tea side of the coffee-tea debate, but as I only like it cold and sweetened the tea aficionados tend to consider me a heretic anyway.
I find a few non-sweet teas are nice in moderation.
I could lurve some hot/warm fresh sweet tea, though.
Always no ice for me.
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Some negativity:
I'm angry and depressed about the this week's big political development. Won't mention specifics, but if you've been listening to the news since Wednesday you probably know what I'm talking about. Trying to keep it out of my head because there's nothing I can do about it, it's pure awful with zero silver lining, and it'll just get me down more to dwell on it.
And it seems to be the only thing the news wants to talk about. So I can't listen to the news, like I usually do on quiet Fridays. :( Ah well, in a couple of hours it'll be time for Science Friday on NPR, which oughtta be a nice reprieve.
Though too late, I strongly recommend Isaac Arthur. Otherwise, you might want to look at my YouTube list on my page, here on the forums (clicking my name) - it has a lot of fun stuff to listen to!
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Went to pick up a mini bobcat, but there's no key.
Now we wait for the guy with the key.
You just. You let it. You. How could you, of all people, not make the Archer reference?
Same. Picked the wrong two days to be busy with other stuff apparently >.<Look, dude, I'm working on fiiiiiiive.Two pages?!?
That was one night!!
Ugh, yeah!
Boogers. It's two hours before quitting time, and I'm still bored.
Second recommendation for my YouTube list, and Isaac Arthur (I don't know if I've linked him - I should, at some point).
Luke Cage looks like a fun show.
Gonna have to check it out.
It was pretty fun.
I stopped watching it though...
I liked it a lot. I'm sad he and JJ didn't get back together, but with their particular and complicated history it's just unreasonable.
I've not seen season two, yet, though - we can't watch Netflix until we find where one of my sons stashed the remote (neither of the boys knows). We are really hoping said remote wasn't thrown out with the garbage somehow, because we'd basically have to get a new blue ray player (as this one has bought into the the absolutely horrid, "eh, no one uses buttons on-device; remotes-only!" policy that seems to infest many modern designs).
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Also: caught up!
Again!
Also-also: ran the game today! All day! It went great!
In the first three hours of play, the party... managed to sail across a tiny spit of water to make landfall. Landfall that they would have made within the first minute of play had they just decided to wait before trying a thing.
But then they decided to try a thing.
... and then two of them almost drowned. (Also, they may or may not have lost their souls.)
... and one of them got bitten by a were-hume (who looked like a were-shark, because he was originally an awakened shark*) .
... and because of all this, they nearly managed to capsize the ship (it was in the middle of a storm that wouldn't have been that bad... if they didn't keep taking their rowers from the oars and putting them to other, unrelated tasks, like, say, pulling drowning people out of the sea).
... and when they finally got "home," they decided not to pursue the pirates, and took a day of downtime/healing.
... and the day after that, their request for helping purge a curse on some people (the previously-mentioned were-hume** and his comrade**), so they went to the church to do that. They participated in an exceptionally advanced magical ritual that a very bad and secretly undead thing intentionally flubbed to allow his goddess attempt to kill/replace the Paopae of the church. The ritual successfully dispelled the curse, buuuuuuuuuuuut... nearly killed many of the participants. Not one, but two of my players had the same idea at the same time - sacrifice their lives to stop said evil goddess from killing and replacing the Paopae. One of them won the initiative roll, and, after the alchemist made a tiny explosion in said goddess' face, the winner of the two initiatives sacrificed herself, which slowed the goddess down just long enough for the loser to channel a crap-ton of positive energy into the undead goddess.
This, combined with a few really lucky will saves and CL checks (and a remarkably one-sided opposed Charisma-check, with the mortal snagging a natural 20, opposing the goddesses natural 1) mean that the goddess was defeated, and the player who sacrificed herself found that, instead of a soul, she had an evil goddess (and neither of them particularly knew where the PCs' soul had gone, and the one that cared had no ability to do anything). Said evil goddess effectively made the PC physically immortal by being stuck there, but seems to have entirely blocked off her supernatural powers. The other people woke and recovered normally.
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Oh, in total, they each got 500 gold and an "IOU one shiny metal badge" from the church.
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Luke Cage looks like a fun show.
Gonna have to check it out.
It starts all slow and "I don't wanna be a hero, I just live day by day," but it gets really good after a few eps.
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Hmm pass the mozzarella recipe? Grats on 20,and...uh combine Splintergraft with doppelgangers/saronite chain gang?
*backs away from creepy puppet*
Mozarella (Low Carb) Bagels:
1 1/2 cup Almond flour
1 tbsp Gluten-free baking powder
2 1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese (shredded)
2 oz Cream cheese (cubed)
2 large Egg (beaten)
Sesame seeds (for topping - optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Stir together the almond flour and baking powder. Set aside.
3. Combine the shredded mozzarella and cubed cream cheese in a large bowl. Microwave for 2 minutes, stirring halfway through. Stir again at the end until well incorporated. (If you don't want to use the microwave, heat the cheeses in a double broiler on the stove over low heat, stirring frequently, until completely melted and easy to stir.)
4. Stir the flour mixture and eggs into the melted cheese mixture. Working quickly while the cheese is still hot, knead with your hands until a dough forms. The dough will be very sticky, but keep kneading and squeezing through your fingers for a few minutes. If the dough becomes hard before fully mixed, is too difficult to mix, or is still sticky after a couple minutes, you can microwave/reheat for 15-20 seconds to soften it. In that case, wash your hands and knead again. NOTE: It's very important for the dough to be completely uniform before proceeding to the next step. You shouldn't have pieces of cheese separate from areas of almond flour. UPDATE: To make it easier to mix the dough, you can use a food processor with a dough attachment instead of kneading by hand.
5. Divide the dough into 6 parts. Form/roll a long log with each part, then press the ends together to make a bagel shape on the lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough. If using sesame seeds, sprinkle them over the bagels and gently press into the dough. (You can also use everything seasoning for everything bagels.)
6. Bake for 10-14 minutes, until the bagels are firm and golden.
RECIPE NOTES
For "everything" keto bagels, try everything seasoning! It's been very popular with people making this recipe.
Serving size: 1 bagel
NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING
Calories: 360 | Fat: 28g | Total Carbs: 8g | Net Carbs: 5g | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Protein: 21g
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Another very active day I see.
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Though too late, I strongly recommend Isaac Arthur. Otherwise, you might want to look at my YouTube list on my page, here on the forums (clicking my name) - it has a lot of fun stuff to listen to!Some negativity:
I'm angry and depressed about the this week's big political development. Won't mention specifics, but if you've been listening to the news since Wednesday you probably know what I'm talking about. Trying to keep it out of my head because there's nothing I can do about it, it's pure awful with zero silver lining, and it'll just get me down more to dwell on it.
And it seems to be the only thing the news wants to talk about. So I can't listen to the news, like I usually do on quiet Fridays. :( Ah well, in a couple of hours it'll be time for Science Friday on NPR, which oughtta be a nice reprieve.
*googles Isaac Arthur* Thanks for the recommendation!
This reminds me, what exactly is a futurist?
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I wonder if other night hotel folk have trouble explaining what they mean when a Guest says they want a room for today but its after midnight and its technically tomorrow for the system. So you have to clarify and choose language carefully or you confuse people.
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Ok chocolate cake is in the oven...went to scrub my brother's fish tank and thanks for the bagel recipe, Tequilia Sunrise!
Basically what I did for greens was to pull out chye sim, blanch them with salted water then add Samsui Ginger sauce over
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Ok chocolate cake is in the oven...went to scrub my brother's fish tank and thanks for the bagel recipe, Tequilia Sunrise!
Basically what I did for greens was to pull out chye sim, blanch them with salted water then add Samsui Ginger sauce over
Sweet do you think it would be ruined by the time it made it to me if you sent it via mail?
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Though too late, I strongly recommend Isaac Arthur. Otherwise, you might want to look at my YouTube list on my page, here on the forums (clicking my name) - it has a lot of fun stuff to listen to!Some negativity:
I'm angry and depressed about the this week's big political development. Won't mention specifics, but if you've been listening to the news since Wednesday you probably know what I'm talking about. Trying to keep it out of my head because there's nothing I can do about it, it's pure awful with zero silver lining, and it'll just get me down more to dwell on it.
And it seems to be the only thing the news wants to talk about. So I can't listen to the news, like I usually do on quiet Fridays. :( Ah well, in a couple of hours it'll be time for Science Friday on NPR, which oughtta be a nice reprieve.
*googles Isaac Arthur* Thanks for the recommendation!
This reminds me, what exactly is a futurist?
Someone who believes in/contemplates/looks towards/quasi-predicts the future.
Not-so-much in the, "God says X will happen." prophet, or, "Y is what's going to happen because of..." fortune-telling or whatever, but someone who notes, "According to analytic trends, and current working theory, Z is likely the way that things will go."
A Futurist is, then, someone who attempts to point towards one or more various possible futures using the best scientific data we currently have. Link.
Not always scientists, but a broad kind of analysis and guesswork.
In IA's case, he's a predictive optimist, a, "here's how awesome the future could be, and here's why" kind of futurist.
Tony Stark is a futurist.
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Sweet do you think it would be ruined by the time it made it to me if you sent it via mail?Ok chocolate cake is in the oven...went to scrub my brother's fish tank and thanks for the bagel recipe, Tequilia Sunrise!
Basically what I did for greens was to pull out chye sim, blanch them with salted water then add Samsui Ginger sauce over
Yeah, unfortunately it would :(
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Yeah, unfortunately it would :(Sweet do you think it would be ruined by the time it made it to me if you sent it via mail?Ok chocolate cake is in the oven...went to scrub my brother's fish tank and thanks for the bagel recipe, Tequilia Sunrise!
Basically what I did for greens was to pull out chye sim, blanch them with salted water then add Samsui Ginger sauce over
Aww no I am sad. I will have so just be content with the rice crispies treats my SO made me.
MMM brownies
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I'd recommend eating with vanilla/cookies and cream ice cream. You see I increased the amount of cocoa powder greatly but did not add anymore water/oil etc, so it turned out a tad dry. Ah well. Ain't the end of the world, and cakes tend to be a tad dry the day they are baked and get a little oiler the next day.
Actually before I started baking, I was feeling tired. Once I started baking, I felt energized. What the heck?
I did add some espresso to the cake since I've heard espresso gives chocolate cakes a subtle kick.
Does smelling caffeine actually energize you?
I've felt like it does. Could be a placebo effect however.
Smelling coffee does stimulate you a little I believe.
After working all day in the heat and humidity yesterday, I get to drive an hour to hang out all day with my family in the heat and humidity by some mosquito infested lake.
I'd rather be at work (cutting and placing black caps in full sun).
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After working all day in the heat and humidity yesterday, I get to drive an hour to hang out all day with my family in the heat and humidity by some mosquito infested lake.
I'd rather be at work (cutting and placing black caps in full sun).
Gee, I must be really sensitive to just smell it and get perked up for hours.
Apply mosquito repellent and good luck? If there are mosquitoes I'll always get bit.
Your diet is to sweet then. Eat some garlic before you go out that is suppose to help.
Mosquitoes don't usually bother me as much, and I guess it isn't as mosquito infested as I thought (Castle Rock lake is where we're heading).
I thought it was the other Castle Rock.
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*Lumbers in, looking bloated and his shell stretched to the limit*
*burps*
At a family summer lunch-in...
Cold cuts, fish, eggs and various salads as far as the eye can see.
And akvavit and beer of cause...
Urghh so full!
*walks past the the kitchen, catching a glimpse of the coffe'n'cake extravaganza to come.*
*mouth beings to water again*
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Crookshanks: It's going to be a good day for fishing!
Tiny T-Rex: And a bad day for the fish.
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Already over 80 degrees.
F!&+.